Bend Beer Chase Registration Fees

Choose your volunteer option:

1. Supply Your Own Volunteer – provide 1 volunteer who is available any time Saturday to work a 4-6 hour shift out on the course.  Volunteers can be assigned to a morning, afternoon or early evening shift.  We do not take volunteer assignment requests.
2. Hire-a-Volunteer (HAV) – donate $125 so that we can partner with local charities and community groups who will provide a volunteer on the course for your team. 100% of your funds are donated to these worthy organizations.

Hire-A-Volunteer Donation Fees:

Your HAV donation is due within 7 days of your team registration (postmarked). The donation amount increases to $300 if your check is not postmarked by 4/1/2023.

HAV Payment Instructions:

Only if you selected to “Request Nonprofit Volunteers” your team’s donation check (see above for amount) is due within 7 days of your team registration (postmarked).

This payment must be made out to Cascade Relays Foundation. Please send a check to:

Cascade Relays Foundation
PO Box 1088
Bend OR 97709

Include on the memo of your check your team name, team captain name (if different from the name on the check) and Beer Chase.

*A team can decide to change from Volunteer Option #1 to Volunteer Option #2 up until March 1st without penalty – please contact [email protected] to make this switch.

October 1st, 2023

• Registration opens for Bend Beer Chase 2023.
• Early Registration Pricing is in effect!

December 15th, 2023

• Regular Pricing now in effect.
• HAV donation increases to $175.

March 1st, 2023

• Late Registration Pricing now in effect.
• HAV donation increases to $225 The donation amount increases to $300 if your check is not postmarked by April 1st.
• All team members must be registered with T-Shirt sizes in order to guarantee their T-Shirt size. Participants registered after March 1 will receive the closest size available if that size becomes unavailable.

April 1st, 2023

• Last day we will accept team name changes. Simply email [email protected] with your changes.
• If you wish to change your volunteer status to “Hire a Volunteer” within 30 days of the event, the fee increases to $300.
• Deadline to submit your team’s Projected Total Course Time. This info is used to set accurate start times.  To receive a start time, teams must provide a projected total course time and have at least 75% of their teammates registered in the database.

April 15th, 2023

• Team Start Times and Volunteer Assignments posted.  Only critical start time change requests will be considered. Please understand that by April 15th, all race bibs have been printed, timing software has been uploaded, charity volunteers have been hired, and making individual changes becomes extremely difficult.
• All final changes to team roster must be submitted (Database will remain open until May 3  for last-minute roster changes, but t-shirts will be packaged for each team according to the roster as of April 15.)

May 5th, 2023

• Packet pick-up encouraged the afternoon/evening before at 10 Barrel East. Merchandise available for purchase.

May 6th, 2023

Bend Beer Chase 2023!

2020 Team Captains – Click HERE for instructions on how to apply your 2020 credit or deferral to your 2023 registration.

*CORPORATE: At least 4 members must be employed or relatives of employees by the same company. No gender categories in this division.
^PUBLIC SERVICE: At least 4 members or relatives. No gender categories in this division.
**BREWERS: At least 4 employees must be employed or relatives of employees by the same brewery. No gender categories in this division.

Don’t have a full team? Looking to join a team? You’ve come to the right place!

Step 1: Fill out this form with your information.

Step 2: Go to this spreadsheet to find teams looking for runners or runners looking for a team. Contact them directly.

Step 3: Once you’ve found your match made in heaven, email [email protected] to be removed from the list. Please include “Bend Beer Chase” and the name listed in the spreadsheet in your request email.

Below you’ll find answers to our most frequently asked questions. Have a question that you don’t see answered below? Feel free to email us at [email protected].

GENERAL REGISTRATION

2020 DEFERRED TEAM REGISTRATION 

All participants of the Keg Leg will receive the following with your participation:

• Beer pours from the following local breweries in Downtown Bend (Worthy Brewing, Bend Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Kobold Brewery, Silver Moon Brewery)
• 5.5 oz Custom Beer Chase Sillipint
• Custom Bend Beer Chase event shirt (while supplies last)
• Custom “Keg Leg” Race Bib
• Access to the Finish Line Party with live music from 4pm-8pm in Drake Park and celebrate the amazing craft breweries of Central Oregon

Registration for the Keg Leg is now open. In-person registration will be available at the Beer Chase Finish line party in Drake Park from 4-6pm.

All Bend Beer Chase participants are automatically registered for the Keg Leg.  Individuals looking to participate in the Keg Leg only can register separately.

Bend Beer Chase Keg Leg

May 6th, 2023, 4 pm- 6 pm in Drake Park.  The Keg Leg is a complete at-your-own-pace style event.

Packet Pick-up & Day of Registration

Please arrive at Drake Park, near the bandshell, anytime between 4pm-6pm to start the Keg Leg in downtown Bend.  Packet- pick up and day of registration will be held at the Registration Tent.

Course Map

View the 2023 Course Map.